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The European Avant-Gardes, 1905-1935 : A Portable Guide / Sascha Bru.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) : 76 B/W illustrations 24 colour illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748695904
  • 9780748695935
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.04 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Strategies and Tactics -- 1. A New Art, One and Undivided -- 2. A Total Art, Pure and Real -- 3. Anti-Art, Non-Art, Art! -- Part II: Spaces and Places -- 4. Cafés, Cities and Centres -- 5. New Men in Old Europe -- 6. A Global Avant-Garde -- Part III: Times and Temporalities -- 7. The Past Appropriated -- 8. The Plural Present -- 9. The Futures of Theory -- Conclusion: En Route -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Introduces the full range and depth of the early 20th-century European avant-gardesThis engaging introduction outlines the cultural and political contexts in which the avant-gardes operated, taking readers on a journey throughout the whole of Europe. It discusses the most salient features of the avant-gardes’ work in all the arts, succinctly surveys the major avant-garde movements (cubism, futurism, expressionism, Dadaism, constructivism and many other –isms) and demonstrates the ways in which they transformed the face of all modern art forms. Clearly written, this book shows readers and students of modernism how and why the avant-gardes were a major force in modern art and culture.Key FeaturesAn up-to-date and thorough guide to the ‘classic’ European avant-gardes, from 1905 to 1935Covers all the arts practiced by the classic European avant-gardes – from painting and film, literature and sculpture, architecture and photography to theatre, dance and music – focusing on the specificity of each art form as well as on what united themIncludes text-boxes, 100 illustrations, many in colour, and a user-friendly index/glossary
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748695935

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Strategies and Tactics -- 1. A New Art, One and Undivided -- 2. A Total Art, Pure and Real -- 3. Anti-Art, Non-Art, Art! -- Part II: Spaces and Places -- 4. Cafés, Cities and Centres -- 5. New Men in Old Europe -- 6. A Global Avant-Garde -- Part III: Times and Temporalities -- 7. The Past Appropriated -- 8. The Plural Present -- 9. The Futures of Theory -- Conclusion: En Route -- Notes -- Index

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Introduces the full range and depth of the early 20th-century European avant-gardesThis engaging introduction outlines the cultural and political contexts in which the avant-gardes operated, taking readers on a journey throughout the whole of Europe. It discusses the most salient features of the avant-gardes’ work in all the arts, succinctly surveys the major avant-garde movements (cubism, futurism, expressionism, Dadaism, constructivism and many other –isms) and demonstrates the ways in which they transformed the face of all modern art forms. Clearly written, this book shows readers and students of modernism how and why the avant-gardes were a major force in modern art and culture.Key FeaturesAn up-to-date and thorough guide to the ‘classic’ European avant-gardes, from 1905 to 1935Covers all the arts practiced by the classic European avant-gardes – from painting and film, literature and sculpture, architecture and photography to theatre, dance and music – focusing on the specificity of each art form as well as on what united themIncludes text-boxes, 100 illustrations, many in colour, and a user-friendly index/glossary

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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